Chart Commentary — MAY 16, 2026

ELLA’S “TEXAS” TWO STEP

Ella Langley makes more chart history as “Choosin’ Texas” continues for a ninth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and “Be Her” ascends to a new No. 2 high.

Langley becomes the first woman known for primarily recording country music to claim the Hot 100’s top two spots simultaneously over the chart’s 67-year history. Among all core-country acts, only Morgan Wallen has also achieved the feat, for a week last May.

Overall, Langley is the 27th act overall to double up at Nos. 1 and 2 on the Hot 100; The Beatles initiated the stat in February 1964, while Taylor Swift holds the mark for the most placements from No. 1 on down: 14, for a week in May 2024. Here’s a rundown of all the artists that have taken over the Hot 100’s top two positions simultaneously, ranked by most times they’ve done so:

• 10 weeks: The Beatles
• 8 weeks: OutKast
• 7 weeks: Drake
• 6 weeks: Justin Bieber, T.I.
• 5 weeks: Ashanti, Iggy Azalea, Bee Gees, Taylor Swift, Pharrell Williams
• 4 weeks: The Black Eyed Peas, Diddy, Nelly
• 3 weeks: 50 Cent, Ja Rule, Kendrick Lamar, Usher
• 2 weeks: Akon, DaBaby
• 1 week: Bad Bunny, Mariah Carey, Future, Ariana Grande, Ella Langley, Metro Boomin, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd

“DRACULA” SINKS HIS TEETH INTO THE TOP 10

Tame Impala and JENNIE jump 18-10 on the Hot 100 with “Dracula.”   Originally released by Tame Impala solo last October — while its duet version arrived in early February — becomes each act’s first Hot 100 top 10.

Meanwhile, JENNIE is the second member of BLACKPINK to hit the Hot 100’s top 10 as a soloist, after ROSÉ, whose “APT.,” with Bruno Mars, climbed to No. 3 in February 2025. BLACKPINK becomes just the fifth group with at least two women members that have reached the top 10 solo (and the fourth all-women act; Fleetwood Mac is also in the mix).

Groups with multiple women members that have hit the Hot 100’s top 10 as soloists:

• BLACKPINK: JENNIE, ROSÉ
• Destiny’s Child: Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland
• Fifth Harmony: Camila Cabello, Normani
• Fleetwood Mac: Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks
• Go-Go’s: Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin

WOMEN = 8 WEEKS + 7 SONGS

For an eighth consecutive week, at least seven songs by women place in the Hot 100’s top 10, a sum up to eight this week. It’s the longest such streak by women acts since a likewise eight-week stretch in August-October 2014, which was highlighted by No. 1s for Taylor Swift and Megan Trainor and featured women monopolizing the top five for a record five consecutive weeks. Before that, women linked a 10-week run with at least seven top 10s each week in June-August 2012.

Jarrett Nolan

I was born a poor Black child into a family that put the “fun” in dysfunction. But through that fun, there was A LOT of music. At a very young age, my parents introduced me to everything ranging from Doo Wop to the British Invasion to Motown to Philly Soul to Psychedlic Rock to Funk.

Since I’m a Jersey boy born-n-bred, I landed a job at WHTZ (Z100) as a producer. I gave the DJs info about artists to read on-air – most of mine were chart-related, naturally.

I did double duty at WSBG, a small market radio station in the Poconos, as a DJ because I have a face for radio.

Through a random twist of fate, I wound up at BMG Distribution in Times Square. Shortly after, I ended up at Arista (shouldn’t have done that!). My career in the music industry ended with a stint at being a personal assistant to alterna-rap act PM Dawn.

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